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Henry Smith

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2014-10-27

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<p><del class="ministerial">We have established a programme of research to accurately
assess our effectiveness, including a national framework for monitoring of pollinators.
Over half of mid–tier applications to Countryside Stewardship contain the Wild Pollinator
and Farm Wildlife Package. Monitoring and evaluation of the scheme makes provisions
for assessing the impact on pollinators. The Implementation Plan sets out details
on progress with the Strategy and will be published shortly.</del></p><p><ins class="ministerial">We
have established a programme of research to accurately assess the effectiveness of
our pollinator strategy. Over half of mid-tier applications to the new Countryside
Stewardship scheme contain the Wild Pollinator and Farm Wildlife Package.</ins></p>

<p>The Office for National Statistics use the Labour Force Survey to provide estimates
for workless households in the UK.</p><p> </p><p>However, the percentage and number
of workless households in Crawley are unavailable due to small sample sizes.</p><p>
</p><p>For April-June 2018, there were 331,000 workless households in the South East
region, which was 11.8% of households in the region.</p><p> </p><p>For April-June
2018, there were 2,391,000 workless households in England, which was 13.7% of all
English households.</p>

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made
of the ability of the NHS long-term plan to (a) tackle the evolving challenges of
cancer and (b) ensure that people are able to access personalised and tailored support
after they have finished cancer treatment itself.

<p>The NHS Long Term Plan provides an excellent opportunity to look at how cancer
and other services can be further improved over the next decade. The plan is currently
in development and will be published later in the year.</p>

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what discussions his Department has had
with the business community on the Institute for Apprenticeships' proposed changes
in funding bands for management apprenticeships.

<p>As the Institute for Apprenticeships (IfA) are an independent body, it is for them,
rather than for the department, to lead on the process for reviewing funding bands
for existing standards and on consultation with the business community.</p><p>The
IfA has worked with employer trailblazer groups throughout the review process. The
IfA has also discussed the management standards directly with business stakeholders
who have made representations.</p><p>The remaining outcomes of the review of funding
bands will be published on GOV.UK by the end of the calendar year.</p><p> </p>

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what discussions his Department has had
with the Institute for Apprenticeships on the concerns made by the business community
on the consultation process into the review of the apprenticeship funding bands.

<p>As the Institute for Apprenticeships (IfA) are an independent body, it is for them,
rather than for the department, to lead on the process for reviewing funding bands
for existing standards and on consultation with the business community.</p><p>The
IfA has worked with employer trailblazer groups throughout the review process. The
IfA has also discussed the management standards directly with business stakeholders
who have made representations.</p><p>The remaining outcomes of the review of funding
bands will be published on GOV.UK by the end of the calendar year.</p><p> </p>

<p>As the Institute for Apprenticeships (IfA) are an independent body, it is for them,
rather than for the department, to lead on the process for reviewing funding bands
for existing standards and on consultation with the business community.</p><p>The
IfA has worked with employer trailblazer groups throughout the review process. The
IfA has also discussed the management standards directly with business stakeholders
who have made representations.</p><p>The remaining outcomes of the review of funding
bands will be published on GOV.UK by the end of the calendar year.</p><p> </p>

<p>We have introduced a £1 billion business rate support package for 2014-15 including:</p><p>–
a 2% cap in the Retail Price Index increase in the small business rates multiplier;</p><p>–
a retail discount of £1,000 for around 300,000 shops, pubs and restaurants with rateable
values below £50,000;</p><p>– a 12 month extension of small business rate relief doubling,
benefitting over half a million businesses;</p><p>– a 50 per cent discount for new
occupants of long-term vacant shops, and;</p><p>– allowing ratepayers to pay bills
over 12 instalments.</p><p> </p><p>The Department does not collect data on a constituency
basis, but the Crawley constituency lies entirely within the Crawley Borough Council
boundary. Table 1 (attached) shows, where available, the estimated number of properties
that will benefit from each of the reliefs introduced or extended in 2014-15 within
Crawley Borough Council, as well as the amount of relief awarded. Table 2 (attached)
provides the same data, but for England as a whole.</p>

<p>This Government is committed to supporting people’s aspirations to own their own
home.</p><p> </p><p>Statistics for Help to Buy sales by constituency are published
for Help to Buy: Equity Loan, but not for Help to Buy: Mortgage Guarantee and Help
to Buy: NewBuy. These, together with statistics on the number of Help to Buy sales
at local authority and postcode level are published on the Open Data Communities portal
for Help to Buy: Mortgage Guarantee and Help to Buy: Equity Loan. This is available
on the following link: <a href="http://opendatacommunities.org/def/concept/folders/themes/housing-market"
target="_blank">http://opendatacommunities.org/def/concept/folders/themes/housing-market</a></p><p>
</p><p>Statistics on Help to Buy: NewBuy sales at local authority level are published
on the Department’s website, available on the following link: <a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/collections/help-to-buy-equity-loan-and-newbuy-statistics"
target="_blank">http://www.gov.uk/government/collections/help-to-buy-equity-loan-and-newbuy-statistics</a></p><p>
</p><p>The number of Help to Buy: Equity Loan sales in the Crawley constituency (to
30 September 2014) is 49. The table below breaks down the total Help to Buy: Mortgage
Guarantee, Help to Buy: Equity Loan and Help to Buy: NewBuy sales in England and the
Crawley local authority area:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td> </td><td><p>Mortgage
Guarantee (to 30 June 2014)</p></td><td><p>Equity Loan (to 30 September 2014)</p></td><td><p>NewBuy
(to 30 September 2014)</p></td><td><p><strong>TOTAL</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>England</p></td><td><p>15,091</p></td><td><p>33,911</p></td><td><p>5,518</p></td><td><p>54,520</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Crawley
local authority</p></td><td><p>38</p></td><td><p>51</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>94</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><br>Data
at constituency level is only available for the Help to Buy: Equity Loan Scheme.</p>

<p>The Church of England continues to work alongside the Anglican Diocese of Jerusalem
to support the Christian community in Jordan, Syria, Israel, Palestine and Lebanon.
The Church also partners and engages with development and mission agencies working
to support Christian communities overseas. Regular pilgrimage visits are made by parishes
and dioceses of the Church of England, mainly to those holy sites that are not in
conflict zones and which often involve meetings with local Christians</p><p><br>Westminster
Abbey will be holding a special service on the 4th December at which His Royal Highness
the Prince of Wales will attend to offer encouragement to Christians throughout the
region and to celebrate the contributions they make to their communities</p><p><br>The
Archbishop of Canterbury made an official visit to Israel, Jordan and the Palestinian
Territories in 2017, the primary purpose of which was to affirm the Christian community
in the Holy Land, to identify and explore challenges relating to religious freedom
and to give encouragement to St. George’s Cathedral in Jerusalem. The Archbishop also
met with Israeli, Palestinian and Jordanian politicians during his visit</p><p><br>During
the November parliamentary recess I joined a small group of MPs on a regional visit
to see for myself the challenges faced by the Christian community in Israel and the
Palestinian Territories. We visited a number of projects that are funded or supported
by the Anglican Church, including hospitals and schools. Speaking with the different
communities gave a helpful perspective on the significant challenges to the daily
lives and movements of people.</p>

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what proportion of (a) leukaemia,
(b) non-Hodgkin lymphoma, (c) Hodgkin lymphoma and (d) myeloma cases were diagnosed
at each cancer stage in each of the last five years.